Joseph Beuys

Joseph Beuys (1921–1986) was a German draftsman, sculptor, and action and installation artist. He studied painting and sculpture at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, where he taught as a professor from 1961 to 1972. In his artistic and social work, he developed the concepts of an expanded definition of art and Social Sculpture. Beuys addressed social, political, ecological, and philosophical questions in his work. He was born in Krefeld and died in Düsseldorf.